Territory



(No Model.)

yJ. M. BROWNING.

BREEH LOADING GUN.'

No.. 513,301. Patente-(133,11. 23, 1394. i

UNrTn STATES PATENT Trice.

JOHN M. BROVNING, OF OGDEN, UTAH TERRITORY.

BREECH-LOADING GUN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 513,301, dated January23, 1894. Applicationfiled March 31, 1893. Serial Nef-468,422. (Nomodel.)

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN M. BROWNING, of Ogden, in the county of Veberand Territory of Utah, have invented a new Improvement in Breech-LoadingFirearms; andI do hereby declare the following, when taken in connectionwith accompanying drawings and the 1ctters of reference marked thereon,to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, and which saiddrawings constitute part of this specification, and represent, in-

Figure l, a view in vertical longitudinal section of a gun constructedin accordance with my invention, being shown with its combinedbreech-block and guard in the closed or tiring position thereof, andsome of its parts being represented in elevation; Fig. 2, acorresponding but less comprehensive View, showing the combined part inits open or loading position; Fig. 3, broken plan view of the arm.

My invention relates to an improvement in breech-loading tire-arms ofthe single-shot riiie type, the object being to produce, at a low costfor manufacture, a simple, safe, convenient and effective small caliberarm.

With these ends in view, my invention consists in a breech-loading,single-shot :tire-arm, having a combined breech-block and guard,arranged to move at a right angle to the gunbarrel, and to interlockwith the same when closed to resist the explosion of the cartridge infiring.

My invention further consists in certain details of construction andcombinations of parts as will be hereinafter described and pointed outin the claims.

As herein shown, the barrel A, of the arm is secured by a screw-bolt B,to the stock C, thereof, in the usual manner the barrel beingconstructed with a notch A', formed in its lower face just within itsbutt-end. A coinbined breech-block and guard D, oblong in its generalform, and having flat sides, is located in the stock, so as toreciprocate at a right angle to the plane of the barrel, the stock beingthereto constructed with a chamber O', which extends forward and to therear of the said combined guard and breech-block, and is cut through thestock for the passage of the lower end of the saine, at a point directlybelow the butt-end of the barrel as at O2. The

upper end of the said combined part D, has a notch formed in itcorresponding to the notch A, formed in the butt end of the barrel,whereby when the said part is in its raised or closed position, itinterlocks with the barrel, as illustrated in Fig. l of the drawings.The adaptation of the barrel and combined part to be interlocked whenthe latter is in its closed position, is not limited to notching thesaid parts in the manner shown, but may be made in some other way. Theupper end of the said part has an extension D2, which, when the saidpart is in its raised position, closes the bore of the barrel, the saidextension having a horizontal opening formed in it to receive thetiring-pin E, which is held against displacement by a pin e, entering anotch eformed in its lower edge. The inner edge of the said extension D2has a shallow recess d formed in it (Figs. l and 3), to receive the headof the cartridge. The outer edge -of the part D, has a central recessformed in it to receive the hammer F, which is hung on a horizontalpinf, the hammer being mainly accommodated in the rear portion of thechamber O in the stock. The lower end of the hammer is constructed witha half cock-notch f and a cock-notchf2, respectively provided forengagement with the upper end of the trigger G, which is pivotallymounted in the part D, on ahorizontal pin g, its lower end projectinginto the rear portion of the guard-opening D3, which occupies the lowerend of the combined part D. A spring H, for the actuation of thetrigger, is located in a small chamber h, formed to receive it, in thepart D, at a point directly above the guard-openingDS. Aspiral spring I,located within the forward end of the charnber O in the stock C, isattached at its forward end to a screw-stud t', located in the gunbarrel, and connected at its rear end to the forward end of a link J,which extends transversely through the part D, and has its rear endpivotally connected with the hammer F, at a point above the pivot fthereof. This spring has the two-fold function of actuating the hammer,and of controlling the position of the part D combining the breech-blockand guard,for it constantly tends to pull the hammer forward, and in sodoing draws the ex- ICO tension D2 of the part D, against the end of thebarrel, and its forward edge against a guide or wearing plate K,securedto the stock in front of the said part by means ofv the screw-bolt B,before mentioned, and a screw 7c. The friction thus developed willalways be sufficient to maintain the said part in its elevated or closedposition. For maintaining the said part in its depressed or openposition, the action of the spring is assisted by means of a small notchd', formed in the forward edge of the part D, and coacting with the rearedge of the wearing-plate K. It may here be observed that lthe wear ofthe said part D, falls upon the barrel and plate, the sides of the stockmerely serving to prevent the part from side-wise displacement. Thespring I, does not, however, draw forward on the combined part so hardbut what the same may be depressed or thrown into its open positionwithout dfculty, by the sportsman. To raise it into its elevated orclosed position, it must be started by a sufficient upward pressure tojump the rear edge of the wearing-plate K, out of the notch d. When thegun is fired, the recoil from the explosion of the cartridge is taken bythe combined breechblock and guard, by the barrel with which the same isinterlocked at its upper end, and by the wearing-plate with which theforward edge of the lower end of the said part is engaged.

As herein showmthe combined part D,has

va circular transverse opening L, formed above its center; this is doneto lighten it, and it also serves to give addition al clearance to thelink J.

My improved arm as thus constructed has comparatively few parts, whichare of simple and durable construction, and is both safe and convenientin use.

I would have it understood that I do no limit myself to the exactconstruction herein shown and described, but hold myself at liberty tomake such changes and alterations as fairly fall within the spirit andscope of my invention.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, isa

1. In a breech-loading lire-arm, the combination with the barrel andstock thereof, of a combined breech-block and guard made integral witheach other, arranged to move at a right angle to the gun barrel, andconstructed at its upper end to interlock with the same, when closed, toresist the explosion of the cartridge in tiring, and a hammer and atrigger mounted in the said combined part, substantially as described.

2. In a breech-loading single-shot fire-arm, the combination with thestock thereof, of a barrel having the lower face of its butt-endnotched, a combined breech-block and guard arranged to move at a rightangle to the gunbarrel, and having the forward portion of its upper endnotched to interlock with the buttend of the same, and the rear portionof its upper end constructed with an upward extension to close the boreof the barrel when it is in its closed position, and a hammer and atrigger mounted in the said part, substantially as described.

3. In abreech-loading, single-shot lire-arm, the combination with thebarrel and stock thereof, of a combined breech-block and guard arrangedto reciprocate at a right angle to the plane of the barrel, andfurnished with a tiring-pin, a hammer and a trigger; and a springlocated in front of the said combined part in the stock of the arm, andconnected at its rear end with the hammer, whereby it operates to pullthe sa me and the said combined part forward, substantially asdescribed.

4. In a breech-loading fire-arm, the combination with the barrel andstock thereof, of a combined breech-block and guard arranged toreciprocate in the stock at a right angle to the barrel, and adapted toengage at its upper end with the rear end of the latter, a wearing-platerigidly secured to the lower edge of the stock in front of the saidcombined part in position to be engaged by the forward edge of the lowerend thereof, and a spring located in front of the said combined part andconnected therewith, and exerting a constant effort to draw it forwardagainst the gun barrel and the said plate substantially as described.

5. In a breech-loading single-shot lire-arm, the combination with thebarrel and the stock thereof, of a combined breech-block and guardarranged to reciprocate at a right angle to the plane of the barrel, andconstructed at its upper end to interlock with the same, when closed, toresist the explosion of the cartridge in firing, and a spring located infront of the said combined part and connected with the same, andexerting a constant effort to draw it forward, substantially asdescribed.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence oftwo subscribing witnesses.

JOHN M. BROVNING.

Witnesses:

KATE LINEHAN, JOHN E. RAMsDEN.

